Police to arrest Brits with coronavirus who ignore quarantine

Ministers are planning to give police the power to arrest people with coronavirus who are not self-isolating, the Health Secretary has confirmed. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Newborn baby ‘tests positive’ for coronavirus at London hospital

The child has become the world's youngest coronavirus victim. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Coronavirus patients who refuse to self-isolate face murder charges in Italy

They could face up to 21 years behind bars. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Coronavirus could be detected immediately by new breathalyser

Experts at Northumbria University say the new device could make a 'huge impact on healthcare globally'. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Apple fined by France with €25 mln for slowing down old iPhones

Following on from a two-year investigation | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Artist tricks Google Maps with 99 smartphones pretending to be a traffic jam

All the phones were connected to Google's sat nav service | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Man is fined £90 for hiding face from police facial recognition cameras (2019)

'If I want to cover my face, I'll cover my face. It's not for them to tell me not to.' | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Game to close 40 shops in the UK due to ‘challenging retail market’

The UK’s biggest video game retail chain is to close 40 of its 300+ stores, including sites in Watford, Leicester, and Glasgow. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

In Japan the elderly are wearing exoskeletons so they can keep working

Japan currently has one of the oldest populations in the world | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Nvidia’s GeForce Now Makes a Mockery of Google Stadia

A reader looks at the many video game streaming alternatives to Stadia and points out where he thinks Google is getting things wrong. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Bodybuilder has 3lbs of dead muscle removed after injecting his biceps

He was warned he could die by surgeons who removed huge lumps of petroleum jelly from his arms. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Clapping banned at Oxford University to stop people being triggered

Clapping will instead be replaced by ‘jazz hands’, where students wave their hands in the air. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Teenager terribly burned as toddler needs help for his surgery

Zaid Garcia suffered burns to 80% of his body after a candle set his bed on fire when he was two. He is now fundraising for eyelid reconstruction surgery which could help him see again | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Hitman hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman

A businessman and the hapless assassins he hired were all convicted of attempted murder. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

The ‘Smart Drugs’ Revolution

Pilots, surgeons and professors of the world are already taking them so should you be as well? | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Google Stadia is going to flop and I’m fine with that

A reader takes a dim view of Stadia’s chances and suggests Google has rushed its attempt to become a video game platform holder. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

London Commuters drag extinction rebellion protester off of Underground train

Passengers at Canning Town station hurled crisp packets and drinks at the activists before things turned violent. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Police robot told woman to go away after she tried to report crime,sang a song

The robot ignored Cogo Guebara's frantic pleas for help, then trundled off while periodically dispensing petty advice | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Radioactive death beam from Milky Way supermassive black hole explosion

Monster at our galaxy's core is known to send gigantic gusts of radiation scorching hundreds of thousands of light-years through space. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Greta Thunberg is favourite to win 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

The Swedish girl, 16, rose up to lead a millions-strong youth movement demanding action on global warning.  | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

China probes unidentified ‘gel-like’ substance found on dark side of the moon

Jade Rabbit rover snaps pictures of strange and mysterious material discovered within an impact crater. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Incels are trying to leave toxic men's rights communities but don’t know how to

'This place was a heaven for me in the first few months, but then it slowly became an inescapable hell.' | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

The Coalition acknowledges the issues with Gears 5

Gears 5 developers The Coalition is rewarding all early players after a difficult launch | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Greta Thunberg to Be Recognised at GQ Men of the Year Awards – Metro News

The teenage activist is being celebrated for inspiring a global movement of school strikes demanding climate action from world leaders. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Every digital photo you haven’t printed out, every email and every WhatsApp you’ve ever sent or received, your bank accounts... all gone. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Man looks like a mummy after being rescued from bear den month after he vanished

A pack of hunting dogs found him then refused to leave his side. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Someone accidentally used cat filter during parliament Facebook live stream

Ministers appeared in the live-stream of the parliamentary debate with pink ears and whiskers. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

WhatsApp to get a new type of message with weird 'interactive buttons'

The messaging app is offering some people the ability to use the app in a very different way. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Experts warns of 'epidemic' of bugging devices used by stalkers

'Anything you can possibly think of you can buy with a bug built into it.' | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

Spill It: What a 25-year-old web developer drinks in a week

'Make it home without throwing up in cab. Vomit in front garden of house.' | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 4 years ago

What is the future of sleep and will we still need it in 50 years?

Scientists want to take the time out of sleep but we're more obsessed with a good night's rest than ever. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

The builders of Stonehenge were descended from Turkish migrants

Ancient Neolithic farmers settled in Britain after leaving Anatolia and travelling across Western Europe. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Britain already £66B poorer because of Brexit

3% has been shaved off GDP since the June 2016 vote, according to Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Game review: “Baba Is You” rewrites the rules for puzzle games

One of the most original puzzle games of recent years allows you to control the game from the inside out. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Hunt for Gatwick drone saw police blow £400k on bungled investigation

Three months on, Sussex Police are no closer to finding out who was behind the chaos. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Roads to be made from recycled plastic to stop potholes forming

The new technology is being trialled across the UK. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Leonardo DiCaprio raises $100M to fight climate change

Is there anything he can't do? | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Musk is building a long tunnel underneath people’s houses and they’re not happy

Will the billionaire make our congested cities more pleasant - or ruin the lives of people living near his massive hole? | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

This speed camera will catch drivers on their phones from over half a mile away

It's probably time you stopped using your phone behind the wheel. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Mini Ice Age May Be Coming

Nasa fears that temperatures are about to plunge to grim lows which will leave the whole of humanity shivering and miserable. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Twitter 'gave Saudis information about journalist who ended up dead'

The hashtag #TwitterKilledTurkiAlJasser has been used online. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Twitter ‘gave Saudi Arabia information about journalist who ended up dead’

The hashtag #TwitterKilledTurkiAlJasser has been used online. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Russia to deploy “unstoppable” hypersonic super-nuke

Vladimir Putin says his new weapon can dodge missile defences and wreak destruction on a terrifying scale. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Ed Sheeran pays more tax than Amazon – Metro News

Nobody can say he doesn't pay his taxes. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Computer predicted the world will end in 2040. If we don’t change it may happen

This planet has limits, and we better not find where they lie. | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Banksy Artwork Self-Destructs at Auction Right After Being Sold for $1.3M

The auction house got 'Banksy-ed.' | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Chinese hypersonic nuclear plane creates plumes of light on secret test flight

It can apparently reach a speed of Mach 10 | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago

Chinese hypersonic aircraft creates plumes of light during test flight

It can apparently reach a speed of Mach 10 | Continue reading


@metro.co.uk | 5 years ago